You don't see the 16th best Detroit Piston complaining about expanding the teams. I just wish more artists had this level of dignity, or else what are we getting from their work?

there comes a point in life where most of us realize that we weren’t good enough at a hobby or passion to get paid full time for it

that’s not even life being unfair imo, that’s just life

and then there's the hole-in-the-wall meta in tokyo.

I don't think art or its patronage can generalize.